chemotherapy

B2
US /ˌkiːməʊˈθɛɹəpi/
noun Freq #17243

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)

  2. 2
    noun

    Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.

  3. 3
    noun

    chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

Etymology

From chemo- + therapy.

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Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms biochemotherapychemotherapeuticchronochemotherapyelectrochemotherapyimmunochemotherapymonochemotherapynonchemotherapyphotochemotherapypolychemotherapypostchemotherapyprechemotherapyradiochemotherapy

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